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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1915)
O ur Q uei^ Rgplv 19 15 . , P ep'art m en Did the battleship Oregon reach Cuba in time to take part in the battle of Santiago, and what other battleehipa were in the fightf Yes. 8he left Ran Francisco under orders March 11), 1SUH, steamed around the Horn, reached Jupiter lulet Flor ida, Ma.v 24, and assisted In the pur suit and destruction of the Spanish fleet July 3. The other ships engntted were the battleships Indiana, Iowa. Massachu setts and Texas; the armored cruisers Brooklyn and New York and some gunboats. In the battle the speed o f the Oregon enabled her to pass some of the other ships and to force the Cristobal Colon to run ashore und surrender. Has thers over been an attempt to build a tunnel under the English chan nel? The advantages o f a railway tunnel across the English channel at Its nar rowest purt huve been frequently urged, and an English company feus formed for the purpose of constructing a tunnel halfway ucross from iKiver to meet u similar tunnel starting from near Calais. Excavations under the sea for over 2,1100 yards were made, but were Interdicted by the British government for military reasons. W hat cause? is an echo, and what is its An echo Is a sound repeated from some obstructing surface so that a per son In the path of both the orlglual and reflected waves hears the sound twice. Sound being produced by wuvos of the air, when such waves meet un opposing surface as a wail they are re flected like light waves The sound so heard as If originating la-hind the reflecting surface Is au echo. An echo returns to the point from which the sound originated If the reflecting sur face Is nt right angles to it An oblique surfnee deflects the sound In another direction so that It may t>e heard else where, though not at the point where the sound originated. If the direct and reflected sounds succeed one another with great rapidity, as bup|>enH when the reflecting surface Is nenr. the e c h o only clouds the original sound so that It Is not beard distinctly, and It Is this which Interferes with the hearing in churches and other large buildings. What is the Almanach de Gotha? It Is an almanac published by .In» tus Perthes In the town of (lotlia. In the Duchy o f Saxe-Coburg Gotha. It contains much Information about the royal families and rulers o f the world, and statistical and historical Information. It was begun In 1704 and was originally published In tier man. After Na|ioleou I. became em peror It wus changed to French, but since the Franco-German war of 1S7I It has been published In Uermun and French. What is tha natura of the aotion of •il in calming wavaa at sea? It is mechanical. The philosophy of the operutlou Is that the thin covering of oil floating on the waves prevents the wind from entering under the sur ' face and thereby greatly reduces the roughness of the sea. the height of the waves and the breaking of their crests, which is a particularly dungerous fea ture. Does a declaration of war by one country against another have to assign a reason or the cause of the war? There Is no set form for a declara tlon o f war. and It has even been qnes tinned whether n formal declaration of any kind is necessary. An American writer on International law sava: “ An act o f hostility, unless It lie done In the urgency o f self preservation or by way o f reprisal. Is In Itself a full declara tlnu o f lutentlon; any sort of previous declaration therefore Is an empty for mnllty. unless an enemy must be given time and op|>ortunlty to put blmsclf In a state o f defense, and It Is nei-dless to say that no one asserts such qulx otism to be obligatory.'* Formal declarations o f war preced tog the beginning o f hostilities were more common In undent times and to the middle ages than In modern times Investigation has shown that o f 118 wars between 1700 and 1872 less than ten showed declarations o f war prior to hostilities, but hostilities may con slst to the capture of a single ship or the crossing o f a frontier without the loss o f a life. Some modern wars, however, have been preceded by a for mnl declaration, and there Is no uni formity o f action In the matter A convention o f the second Hague con ference says: “The contracting pow ers recognize that hostilities between them are not to commence without a previous and unequivocal warning, which shall take the form either o f a declaration of war. giving reasons, or o f so ultimatum with a conditional declaration o f war.” Near the ending of the Yuletide, Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen, Warming in an easy rocker By the embers cheer and sheen, I am musing sad and pensive And reflecting on the past; Asking many solemn questions While the old year’s moments last. Pleasant was the year now closing When it first was young and fair, When with notes of cheer and promise New Year bell bestrewed the air, Never broke a morn more gayly On the eastern sky athwart Never New Year day enclosing Greater promise in its heart. d Real Estate Bargain j EARLY 2 acres of Fruit, Berries and Poultry. Good Garden Land. One block from paved street. All fenced, including two poultry yards. Poultry house 12 x 48 feet. Running water. Put a little hungalo thereon and you have valuable in come property in Cottage Grove. The 2 acres for $1,000; 1 3-4 acres $850; or 1 acre of it for $650. $50 fruit sales this year. If interested apply to N Never, heaped up high for record, For historian’s tusty pen Were so many great achievements Credited to sons of men. And in arts of peace excelling, Nations strove for highest aim, Winning ever greater laurels And enduring, well-earned fame. Civilization star ascending, - To the zenith of its sway, Looked upon the widest freedom On last happy New Year’s day. Every gate and port stood open Beckoning to the freighted hold, All the bonds of nations mingling As did stamped and native gold. And the truth that men are brothers, Scions of a common life, Seemed to’ ve almost won and routed Every form of war and strife. And the star o’er Bethlehem’s manger. Never seemed so near and mild And Goodwill and Peace the swaddling Of each helpless, new born child. But alas, as if at midnight When from slumber, sweet and deep, Fire bells arouse to action And bid all arise from sleep As when on a summer morning From a sky divinely fair Suddenly a clap of thunder Rends the darkening, lowering air. So the fondest dream of nations That a lasting world wide peace, Was about to find acceptance And make strife forever cease; Suddenly was dissipated By the war drums’ beat afar, And the world aghast stood trembling Staggered by this world-wide war. Oh, the horrors! Oh, the bloodshed, Of this cruel monster Mars, Everything he spoils and ruins, Everything he maims and scars. Richest valleys fair as Eden, Like a desert land are left Town and cities burned to ashes, And of store and food bereft. From the icy, flooded trenches Vollies pour with deadly aim And by thousands, untold thousands, Manhood flower lies there slain! On the sea, beneath, above it, Waiting for their sleeping prey Dragons lurk to snatch their victim In a moment’s time away. Oh, I cannot help but ponder On the bleeding mother’s heart Giving him, her heart’s best treasure, For the battle to depart. Sleepless nights and wakeful watching Over him, who was her joy, When she first pressed to her bosom Her new-born, her darling boy. Sleepless nights and wakeful watching Now that he is at the fort, Tearful eyes intently scanning The long-listed death report. Men of all the world together. Soldiers, statesmen, plowmen, hear! Listen to the plaintive pleadings Of a mother’s love and fear! Is there not some stay, or surcease From this mad and bloody strife? Is there not some common purpose Which may end this waste of life? Should not sacred love of mother In the heat of battle’s fray Fall like dewdrops on the lilies, And make war forever stay? Could not vision o f a Mary, Pressing to a mother’ s breast Greatest Gift of all the Ages And of all the sons the best; Could it not unite together Every mother’s son a friend, And make mother’s love the Watchword, Love, can cause all wars to end. H enry C. S chleef . California Real Estate For Sale or Exchange See Photos in Leader’s Show Window. 24 acres 1J miles from Kirkwood, Pal. I 100 acres 5 miles from Corning, on a 5 room house,.barn 18 x 30, l) colony good road, hog tight feuces, 0 room old chicken houses, fenced aiul cross-fenced, house, barn, 2 good springs, good soil all good well with pump, 6 acre bearing or level but 5 acres, all has been cultivated, chard, no waste land, good soil, price price $40 acre. Will trade for Oregon $4500, mortgage $000. Will trade lor property. ranch of same value in Oregon. 10 acres 2J miles from Corning, on 10 acres, some trees and shrubs, fitted state highway, 250 young apricot and al up for the poultry business, 3 miles ftom mond trees, 3 room bungalo with porch, Corning, Cal. barn for horse, cow, tools, out buildings, fine soil, good well, half and buggy, concrete foundation, 0 room mile to school, $2800, will trade for small house with concrete cellar and hath, ranch. windmill, tank house, 5000 gal. lank, 50 10 acres improved 3 miles from Pomo- foot brooder house, price $2500. \\ hat nia, Calif. $7000. 1 residence lot close have you to trade? in at Pomona, $050 5 acres improved at Y'ucaspa, calif. $2500. Will trade all for 1120 acres 0 miles from Corning, on good ranch and some cash. state highway, all fenced sheep tight, 3 33,acres, 20 in orchard [10 a. prunes, good springs, good well with electric pump, 5-room house, large old barn and 5 oranges, 5 peaches] olives around the sheds, price $30 per acre, will take prop orange tract on two sides, row of large erty in trade to the value of $0000, some trees north of driveway, house and barn, cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. Fine hath, toilet, sceptic tank, 1} miles from for colony, 1J miles west of Kirkwood Corning, Cal. $15,000. To trade for a dairy ranch. on macadam road. For further particulars apply to The Leader. Real Estate Bargains. For Sale or Rent. 60 acres of good land for sale or rent, 52 acres under cultiva Wanted, to trade Grants Pass tion, close in. For particulars residence property valued at $1,- apply to Mrs. S. E. Blair, 215 300 in first class repair and close West Park st. Portland, Or. j22p in for team and wagon, balance on easy terms. No place of this character vacant in city. Ad Bargain In Lumber. dress 307 8th street, Grants Pass 17,000 feet of good rough lum Oregon. dl6 ber at Veatch Spur for sale at a For Sale or Exchange—A fine home with 3-acres of fruit, lierries and garden bargain, or will trade for cow or on paved street in Cottage Grove, fruit young stock. Inquire at Leader sales over $100 this year. Will sell or office. exchange for ranch or land. Fine home for a retired farmer or business man. A Bargain—80 acres, cruises 2,100,000 feet good saw timlier besides piling; 8 room house, frame barn six stalls, stock shed, good springs, 20 acres slashed and burned, 4 acres garden, 3 miles fiom Cottage Grove, $3,200. Ask the header. An 8 acre berry, fruit and poul try ranch, one and three quarter miles from Walker Station, north of Cottage Grove. All fenced with wire and pickets, one acre in berries and fruit, 4-room house, barn capacity six horses, 100 cords of good wood timber, large woodshed, poultry house all new, two good springs, six acres of woodland pasture, subject to cultivation when cleared up. On good county road, near school. Price $600 cash. Inquire of J. H. Langston, Walker, Ore. For Sale Or Trade. 200 acres of Butte Valley, Sis kiyou county, California land, ideal for alfalfa, sub-irrigated, no buildings, 2 1-2 miles of rail road. For further information inquire of W. Nichols, residence 3 miles south o f Cottage rove. G Farm For Rent. On Row river, about a mile and a half below Red bridge. 25 acres plow land, 100 acres past ure, 3 acres good orchard, plenty of grapes and berries. Good house and two good bams. Ap ply to 0. 0. Veatch of Frank Fleshner on place. 2t For Sale—Team of horses, cow giving milk, spring wagon, sin gle buggy and wood saw and gasoline engine. Fred T. Scheib- ner, East Main. 10-21-tf. Cottage Grove Transfer Company HARREL A COMPTON, Prop«. We solicit your patronage. Fire Proof Feed and Storage Barn. A tract 100x106 ft, on south ALL KINDS OF HAULING Sixth street, about one mi'e from AND HEAVY DRAY WORK Main street, Cottag Grove, in fine view of city. Price $125. Piano Moving a Specialty F red W. W aehlte Phone, Office 72 Morgan Hill, Cal. Auto Dray Quick Delivery The dairy cow is destined to be The new year has started out You would do well to patronize "big with promise,” to say the a large factor in Lane county de those business men who adver Butter wrappers printed while you wait, at the Leader office. tise. velopment. least.
